Chapter 160: A Nationwide Movement
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Warm spring winds stirred the air, rippling through the golden waves of wheat in the fields.
In Zhu Family Village, nestled beside those fields, the scene was lively and chaotic. Every household was digging through their latrines—all looking for one thing: niter.
Zhu Wuliu was the fastest. He already held a handful of white powder in his palm. He had searched every inch of his family’s outhouse and now carefully wrapped up the powder before rushing off to Qingzhou City.
“Zhu Wuliu, go check it out first! If it’s true they’ll pay for it, we’ll follow!”
“Yeah, you run fast—we’ll wait for your word.”
“…”
Many villagers were digging. Some were still skeptical. After all the suffering they’d endured over the years, they still didn’t fully trust the local government.
Even though the land reform policies and production teams had brought them benefits, the long-standing distrust of officials wasn’t easy to erase.
Some feared they were just being tricked into handing over what little they had.
But Zhu Wuliu’s older brother, Zhu Sansi, was a soldier in the army. That made him trust the Qingzhou administration more than most. He believed in the current Prince Qi.
Clutching the niter tightly, Zhu Wuliu arrived at the city and headed straight for the government office.